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Uncommon card · Nature
Harlequin duck, an Uncommon card
The harlequin duck is a small sea duck.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 59
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 104
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 35,000
Power 104 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Harlequin duck quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Harlequin duck card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ name comes from the Latin word histrio, meaning "actor".
Answer
species. The species name comes from the Latin word histrio, meaning "actor". From the Harlequin duck article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Medieval literature. Medieval literature 65 · Key Largo 62 · Harlequin duck 59 · Fasolasuchus 56 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It takes its name from Harlequin, a colourfully dressed character in the commedia dell'arte theatre of Italy.
- The species name comes from the Latin word histrio, meaning "actor".
- Other names include painted duck, totem pole duck, rock duck, glacier duck, mountain duck, white-eyed diver, squeaker, lords and ladies and blue streak.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Harlequin duck article was read about 35,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 59 and blocks with 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Harlequin duck
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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- Libyan DesertUncommon · Nature · ATK 59 DEF 45
- Medieval literatureUncommon · History · ATK 65 DEF 39
- Lefty GomezUncommon · Society · ATK 64 DEF 40
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Harlequin duck (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Chuck Homler d/b/a Focus On Wildlife, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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